Berkeley High School - Olla Podrida Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

Page 21 text:

ZATION rorum In the last edition of the Olla Podrida the Forum stated that it had reorganized under the old constitution. Since that time the members of the organization have found that manu- script insufficient for their needs, and consequently the debat- ing society has drawn up and adopted a new constitution, with accompanying by-laws. The constitution contains only one radical change : Hereafter the membership list will be limited to twenty-five. Also, there will only be honorary and active members, as opposed to honorary, associate and active members before. The purpose of these two provisions is to keep out that element in the school which always creates dis- turbances in societies of this nature ; and, if we can, make a membership list which is thoroughly active. On September 16 the tryouts for the debating team took place. Seven students took part, with the result that Percy Neal, Harry Dobbs and Eugene Sturgis made the team, with Stanley Arndt as alternate. Mr. Cooper, Miss Maxwell and Mr. Danforth officiated in the capacity of judges. Chess Club Ever since the beginning of the term a number of the stu- dents have been desirous of forming a chess club. In view of this fact, a number of them, ably assisted by Mr. Danforth and Miss Maxwell, organized the B. H. S. Chess Club on Sep- 19

Page 20 text:

OLLA PODRID A repeated a thousand-fold. The lawyer of limited intellectual powers, thoroughly educated and with untiring industry, makes the great success today. Of course, the question of temperament should not be over- looked. A boy with a distaste for study, but with a natural inventive and mechanical genius, has no place in the legal profession. Do not spoil a good carpenter to make a poor lawyer. There is no profession or line of work where moderate talent, coupled with a thorough education and great industry, will present a more assured future than in the pratcice of the law. It is not, however, a profession of large financial returns. If a boy has the ambition to possess great wealth, he cannot expect to achieve it in any profession, except through some exceptional circumstances, but there are rewards in the prac- tice of the profession of the law, as indicated in the definition of success previously given in this article, which are beyond and above mere dollars and cents. When you realize that life, liberty, property and the pursuit of happiness are all possible, and only possible because of the great legal bulwarks that have been built against man ' s rapacity and man ' s inhumanity to man ; when you realize that as a lawyer you are one of the elect class set apart in the community to maintain those bul- Avarks ; when you realize that you are one of that great galaxy of constitution makers and expounders, of judges and law- makers that make our Anglo-Saxon world the happy world that it is to live in. then you get some glimpse of the compen- sations which come to the lawyer who is giving his life to the Republic to conserve the best that we have and to reach out for the best there is to be acquired to make more untrammeled and secure that pursuit of life, liberty, property and happiness. BERKELEY HIGH 18

Page 22 text:

OLLA PODRID A BERKELEY HIGH tember 29th. The membership roll has exceeded all expecta- tions, it having now nearly twenty-five members, including members of the Faculty and the Student Body. The requirements for membership are simple : Any mem- ber of the Faculty or any student of the High School, who is a member of the Associated Students and can play chess, may enjoy full membership privileges. There are no dues. The organization has had two very successful play meet- ings so far. Meetings at which chess is played are held on the second and fourth Thursday nights of every month, at seven- thirty o ' clock, in room 46. By donations and a small assess- ment the club has been able to install shaded lights over every table in the room. Some member of the Faculty is always at the meetings, and girls as well as boys are cordially invited to visit and join the society. The officers elected for the first semester are : Joseph Sturgis, president ; Laurie Steinegger, vice-president ; Vernon Craig, secretary-treasurer, and Bruce Anthoney and Stanley Arndt, teachers of chess. NOTE. — Anyone who desires to learn chess, with the in- tention of joining the club, may obtain apt teachers by hand- ing in his or her name to the secretary-treasurer. Joseph C. Sturgis. Agora By Marjorie Parker. The Agora has had a period of bustling activity since it was last heard from. We are happy to say that our team, which debated that of Mission High School, was victorious. There is now before us the winner of the Ecclesia-San Jose debate to meet, after which, if victory be our lot, we will debate Lowell ' s team for the possession of the Leland Stanford Jun- ior cup, which that school now holds. The Mission debate was ended by a supper given by Mr. Ozouf. October 15th the Agora held a jinks at the home of Miss Florence Ozouf. The spacious rooms were gay with banners and pennants, and under soft lights of red and gold a gay set of masqueraders held sway. Many merry games and dancing 2